It's that time of year. After months of eating out of our garden, or eating our stored garden vegetables, we're finally reduced to buying vegetables! Cabbage is an inexpensive winter vegetable that doesn't have to be shipped from Peru. It is a winter source of vitamins C and A, needed to fight respiratory infections. It also contains cancer preventative glucosinolates and has cholesterol-lowering benefits as well. The tomato, garlic and herbs help make this recipe acceptable for Vata. My resident Vata loves it!

Alakananda Ma M.B., B.S. (Lond.) is an Ayurvedic Doctor (NAMA) and graduate of a top London medical school. She is co-founder of Alandi Ayurveda Clinic and Alandi Ayurveda Gurukula in Boulder Colorado, as well as a spiritual mother, teacher, flower essence maker and storyteller. Alakananda is a well known and highly respected practitioner in the Ayurveda community both nationally and internationally.

Ayurveda, literally translated as the “science of life,” is the ancient Indian art of physical, mental, and emotional healing. Based on harmonizing the natural elements within and around us, Ayurvedic medicine is a time-tested system of holistic health that is highly specific to each unique individual. Ayurvedic treatments include delicious foods, medicinal herbs, massage, yoga, meditation, and other simple lifestyle changes that work to restore your body to its innate, healthy balance. LEARN MORE